The Nets sent point guard Patrick Beverley, center Brook Lopez, next season's first-round pick and role player DeAndre Ligins, to Clippers point guard Chris Paul.

In order to keep LeBron James, the Nets did their best. As soon as James leaves the Nets, the team will definitely be finished, and it will immediately have to enter a rebuilding period, and without young players to rebuild, it will be even more difficult to attract big-name stars to join.

Nets general manager Sean Marks comes from the Spurs department and understands the importance of lineup rationality and player relationships, and he is more decisive in his shots. Compared to poaching ordinary celebrities at a premium in the free market, trading Paul is much more cost-effective. The Clippers' biggest problem right now is the interior, and they're interested in Lopez.

Paul and James are best friends, having known each other since high school, and in 2002 they left each other's contact information after a game.

How good is their relationship? It was said to have gotten to the point of "texting regularly", and it wasn't until later that Paul went to college and James went to the NBA, that way they kept in touch and often played together when they weren't playing.

Later, Paul entered the NBA on different teams, and he still thought of each other when it mattered. For example, when James's second son was born, James couldn't go to the hospital because he had to prepare for the finals with the Suns, and it was Paul who accompanied James's son in the hospital, and he was the godfather of James's son. In the same way, James was the godfather of Paul's sons.

James decided not to leave during the Finals and called Paul to invite him to join the Nets to play brother basketball.

The Nets are a team in New York, with a good location, and the owner is willing to spend money. Joining other teams, James is not confident of beating the Lakers. He decided to form a team first, it doesn't matter if he can't win next season, Guo Xu will have a chance to win the championship as soon as he leaves.

As soon as the deal was completed, the Nets immediately became attractive. Two days later, he signed center Aaron Baines and Nolens Noll in free agency to fill the void left by Lopez's departure.

Knoll is only 23 years old this year and has some nurturing value. He has great physical fitness, but his disadvantage is that he is often injured, and the Nets only used 1 year and 4.1 million to dig him, as long as he is healthy, it is a super value contract.

Last summer, the Mavericks were willing to offer him a four-year, $70 million contract extension, with an average annual salary of $17.5 million, but was ruthlessly rejected by Knoll.

Then Knoll succeeded, and after suffering an illness last season, his form declined, and the Mavericks manager did not offer him a high salary, and if he wanted to stay, he had to sign a low-salary short contract.

Meanwhile, Clippers power forward Blake Griffin decided to stay with the team and signed a five-year, $173 million max contract extension. The team needs a core, and next season the Clippers are ready to play playmaking forward tactics.

Coach Doug Rivers thinks Lopez and Griffin are a good match, and Lopez can pull to the perimeter to catch the ball and shoot, creating space for Griffin to break through. There will certainly be a lot of problems defensively, but the Clippers aren't aiming for a championship anymore.

As long as Mozgov and Rohr Deng's junk contracts don't expire, it's impossible for the Clippers to compete for a championship.

The league also has good news about Chinese players.

First of all, Yi Jianlian renewed his contract with the Celtics with a 2-year 8 million annual salary, but because of his poor performance on the defensive end, he failed to get a big contract, at least to stay in the NBA.

The second is that Zhou Qi's contract with the Xinjiang team has expired. He signed a four-year, $5.57 million league base salary contract with the Rockets, with a team option for the fourth year. Two Chinese players will play in the NBA next season.

The Rockets also extended the contract of outside star Kyle Lowry for three years and $100 million.

The person Morey wants to dig up the most is Carmelo Anthony, but Anthony can't afford the Rockets. No big names are willing to join, and they can only choose to give Lowry a high salary.

Immediately, many Chinese media began to analyze how compatible Zhou Qi's style of play is with Lowry, and his shooting characteristics are far better than that of blue-collar center Capela, and he will definitely get stable playing time in the new season.

Some people even think that Zhou Qi should replace Capela as the starter, let the blue-collar workers be the starters, and Zhou Qi is on the bench, which is simply an insult to the "big devil" with range. Hehe......

Magic star swingman Gordon Hayward moved to the Celtics and signed a four-year, $128 million contract with a fourth-year player option. Magic management felt that Hayward was not worth the super high salary, and chose to let him go.

Zach Randolph signed the Kings for two years for 24 million, which is also a good signing that can provide a lot of experience.

The Raptors reached an agreement with Ibaka, and the two sides signed a three-year, $65 million contract.

Paul Millsap signed a three-year, $90 million contract extension to the 76ers, with the 76ers having a team option in the third year of his contract. The contract is a bit big, but Millsap can't let it go, he can pull out on the offensive end and is good at blocking and pick-and-roll.

The Hornets and Hawks reached a deal with the Hornets to send Miles Plumlee, Belinelli and this year's No. 41 rookie Tyler Dorsey to the Hawks for Dwight Howard and No. 31 rookie Frank Jackson.

The Warriors did not poach newcomers, renewing Curry's contract with a maximum salary of 201 million for 5 years and Iguodala for 48 million for 3 years.

The NBA's salary cap is still growing, and this year's contract extension for players is even bigger, and Curry has received an annual salary of 40 million. Many fans lamented on the Internet that Guo Xu's annual salary is too low, and people like him should not set a maximum salary, and 60 million is less.

A number of Lakers players have left, Raymond Felton has joined the Thunder, and Mike Dunleavy and Jason Terry have chosen to retire.

Wade opted to jump out of his second-year contract and return to the Heat. He doesn't care about money anymore with a championship, and wants to play for the Heat until he retires. Although Pat Riley was reluctant to pay Wade a high salary, Wade always felt that it was his team. In Miami, fans love Wade too.

The Lakers signed veteran Spanish point guard Jose Calderon with a base salary, who shoots accurately, is physically strong, and can play at the No. 2 position, but is slower to move and can't defend speed guards.

Then, the Lakers signed swingman Terrick Evans for 3.29 million a year.

This is a player with serious injury concerns and is often injured, but he is also a well-rounded player who can combine points and shots. Evans is definitely a sure bet at this price, and he can replace Wade in charge of the ball-handling offense in the second quarter.

The Lakers' third pick was a one-year salary to Gerard Henderson, who is 196cm tall and a shooting guard who can catch the ball and shoot the basketball. He has a lot of experience in the game and took the initiative to come to the door, hoping to hold his leg and challenge for the championship before retiring.

Kupchak fancied his shooting ability and fulfilled his wishes, and he will definitely be a fringe man in the new season, with a terrible defense.

The Lakers didn't spare a spot and picked 32-year-old Brazilian interior Thiago Split in the end. Female assistant coach Becky Harmon recommended him, and the Lakers' defensive system is based on the Spurs, and Split can teach young players experience after he joins.

The Lakers don't need Split to play for a long time in the new season, he must be a marginal man, just play for a while in garbage time.

In mid-July, the Lakers' lineup for the new season was decided.

Centre-forwards: Ivica Zubac, Steven Adams, Split.

Power forwards: Davis Belstein, Al Horford, Montrez Harrell.

Small forwards: Vince Carter, PJ Tucker, Kevin Durant.

Shooting guards: Evans, Devin Booker, Jordan Henderson.

Point guards: Guo Xu, Calderon, Fred VanVleet.

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